History professor Martha Jones on Obama’s portraits & black women in the White House

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Above you see Michelle Obama’s official 2009 portrait next to Amy Sherald’s recently unveiled portrait. Professor Jones published an op-ed in the Washington Post discussing what’s been said–and not said–about bare arms and presidential history.

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